looking at germany today, a lot of germans came here and help us build our weapons. what do you see in germany today? in the context of what is going on in europe. >> i am worried for germany. i do not think the germans have realized to what degree there economy has been taken hostage by the desperate countries. i think that the implications are simply terrifying in that particular way. germany, even with its astonishingly powerful economy, is not in a position to basically bail out the whole of the rest of europe. to have one bailout after another, which buys you no time at all, is not achieving anything. >> last question,antony, we have anthony in the united states -- is it the same name? >> there have been different theories. i've always spelled without an h. >> is a pronounced "anthony? >> yes. >> the next book? >> my next book will be about the winter of 1944, particularly at -- the battle of the bulge. i'm fascinated by the german belief that they might win something in this last, desperate gamble. >> the name of this book is "the second world war." our guest i